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896282

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many appeals there have been against Education and Health Care Plan decisions; how many such appeals have been successful; and what the cost to the public purse was of each appeal.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	140759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>Information about the number and outcomes of Special Educational Needs and Disability appeals including against Education and Health Care Plan (EHC) decisions, is published on gov.uk.</p><p>The most recent statistics, for the period July to September 2017 (which includes data from September 2014 when EHC were introduced), published on 14 December 2017, can be viewed at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2017</p><p>The cost to HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service of processing an appeal to the Tribunal varies between £1115 and £2688 depending on the nature of the dispute to be determined.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/05/2018 16:30:23 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

896311

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was for an employment tribunal appeal hearing at each Immigration and Asylum tribunal hearing venue in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	140830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service does not separately record the information on the average waiting times for an employment tribunal hearing held at other tribunal venues.</p><p> </p><p>Employment tribunal cases would only be heard at other locations or tribunal hearing venues on an ad hoc basis, this could be because of a reasonable adjustment (used when putting something in place to remove barriers so our customers with disabilities have equal access to our information and services) or on direction of a judge.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 140831 question first answered 09/05/2018 16:30:33 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

896312

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was for an employment tribunal appeal hearing at each First-tier Social Security and Child Support tribunal hearing venue in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	140831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service does not separately record the information on the average waiting times for an employment tribunal hearing held at other tribunal venues.</p><p> </p><p>Employment tribunal cases would only be heard at other locations or tribunal hearing venues on an ad hoc basis, this could be because of a reasonable adjustment (used when putting something in place to remove barriers so our customers with disabilities have equal access to our information and services) or on direction of a judge.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 140830 question first answered 09/05/2018 16:30:33 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

896398

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of appeals to tribunals in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England which related to (i) personal independence payments, (ii) employment and support allowance, (iii) income support, (iv) jobseeker's allowance and (v) tax credits were successful in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	140783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The table below contains the requested information.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Proportion</strong><sup>1</sup><strong> of appeals decided in favour of the appellant for the period</strong> <strong>October to December 2017 (the latest period for which data are available) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>PIP<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESA<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>IS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>JSA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Tax Credits<sup>4</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>Coventry</strong></p></td><td><p>81%</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>West Midlands <sup>5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>England <sup>6</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>70%</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>SSCS data is normally registered to the venue nearest to the appellants home address. We cannot retrieve data based on the appellants actual address, but can produce reports detailing the numbers of cases that were dealt with at one of our Regional centres or heard at a specific venue.</p><p> </p><ol><li>%: Those found in favour of the appellant as a percentage of those cleared at a tribunal hearing.</li><li>Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals) which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Claims (Reassessments)</li><li>Includes Employment Support Allowance and Employment Support Allowance (Reassessments)</li><li>Includes Working Family Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Working Tax Credit.</li><li>West Midlands includes the venues: Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Coventry, Nuneaton, Stoke, Telford, Hereford and Worcester.</li><li>Excludes SSCS Scotland Region and Wales Region.</li></ol><p> </p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-</p><p>scale case management system and is the best data that is available.</p><p>The data may differ slightly to that of the published stats as this data was run on a different date.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/05/2018 17:00:19 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

896399

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to the public purse is to administer a First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support Appeal) in respect of personal independence payments.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	140784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. The cost of personal independence payment hearings is included in the overall cost of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support Appeal).</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/05/2018 17:00:22 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

896400

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appellants in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England are waiting for the Tribunals Service to list their First-Tier Tribunal Social Security and Child Support appeal in relation to personal independence payments.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	140785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>As at 31 December 2017 (the latest period for which data are available) there were a total of 383 PIP<sup>1</sup> appeals waiting to be listed<sup>2</sup> in the Coventry venues; 2885 in the West Midlands<sup>3</sup>; and 26,774 in England<sup>4</sup>.</p><p> </p><p>Appeals waiting for a listing date to be allocated may include those which have already had an initial hearing, but have been adjourned (for example to obtain further evidence, or to allow the appellant or their representative to attend).</p><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals) which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Claims (Reassessments)</p><p><sup>2 </sup>Ready to List cases are those awaiting a tribunal hearing date, may include cases previously adjourned, postponed or those waiting to be reheard as directed by the upper tier. SSCS data are normally registered to the venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. We cannot retrieve data based on the appellants actual address, but can produce reports detailing the numbers of cases that were dealt with at one of our Regional centres or heard at a specific venue.</p><p><sup>3 </sup>West Midlands includes the venues: Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Coventry, Nuneaton, Stoke, Telford, Hereford and Worcester.</p><p><sup>4 </sup>Excludes SSCS Scotland Region and Wales Region</p><p> </p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data available.</p><p>The data may differ slightly to that of the published stats as these data were run on a different date.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/05/2018 17:00:25 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

896427

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of personal independence payment appeals have been successful at Tribunal in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	140849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>Information about the number and outcomes of Social Security and Child Support appeals by benefit type, including PIP, is published on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent statistics, for the period October to December 2017 (which includes data from the previous three years), published on 8 March, can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2017" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2017</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/05/2018 17:00:29 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

896565

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 were discharged after being automatically referred to the First-Tier Mental Health Tribunal by (a) a hospital manager and (b) the Secretary of State in each of the last five years for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	140705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/05/2018 16:30:11 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

896566

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the proposals by the Tribunal Procedure Committee to abolish pre-hearing examinations in First-Tier Mental Health Tribunals.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	140706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice agrees with the Tribunal Procedure Committee and awaits the outcome of the Committee’s consultation which closes on 14 June.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/05/2018 16:59:34 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

895244

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which courts in north-west Wales are available for benefits appeal hearings in (a) English and (b) Welsh.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	139987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>All HMCTS venues in Wales are available for benefit appeal hearings, where both languages are treated equally and can be used. In North West Wales, Caernarfon Justice Centre frequently hosts these types of hearings.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 10/05/2018 10:41:51 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams